The owner of Tie-Dyed T-shirts, a perfectly competitive firm, hires you to give him economic advice. He tells you that the market price for his shirts is $15 and that he is currently producing 200 shirts at an AVC of $10 and an ATC of $20. You tell him he should continue to operate in the short run because
A. he is earning an economic profit of $4,000.
B. In fact you do not tell him to operate-he should shut down since he has a loss.
C. his loss from operating in only $2,000 which is less than his loss if he shuts down.
D. he has to pay this fixed costs of $2,000 if he shuts down which is greater than his loss when he operates.
Answer: D
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A) a long-run gauge, but in the short run large deviations in currency values can exist. B) a short-term gauge, but in the long run large deviations in currency values can exist. C) an indicator of how interest rates will change in the short run. D) an indicator of how interest rates will change in the long run. E) a short-term and long-term gauge of relative currency values.
Which of the following is true?
i. Marginal cost is measured by the maximum price that consumers are willing to pay for another unit of a good or service. ii. Producer surplus equals marginal benefit minus price, summed over the quantity produced. iii. A supply curve is a marginal cost curve. A) only iii B) only i C) only ii D) i and ii E) i and iii